1 Kings 19:20
And he forthwith left the oxen and ran after Elias, and said: Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said to him: Go, and return back: for that which was my part, I have done to thee.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Matthew 4:20And they immediately leaving their nets, followed him.
Matthew 8:21And another of his disciples said to him: Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
Matthew 19:27Then Peter answering, said to him: Behold we have left all things, and have followed thee: what therefore shall we have?
Acts 20:37And there was much weeping among them all; and falling on the neck of Paul, they kissed him,
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 19:20-21
The Call of Elisha. ( b. c. 901.) 19 So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him. 20 And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee? 21 And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled… Read the whole commentary →